IPSR Published Works: Recent submissions
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Connecting Public Libraries and Schools to the Internet: A Review of the Literature
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1996-10)The purpose of this literature review is twofold: provide insight on the current state of Internet connectivity within K-L2 schools and libraries in the U.S.; describe the benefits that encourage, and the costs and obstacles ... -
Report of the Kansas Task Force on Internet Access for Schools and Public Libraries
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1996-04)Broad Internet access for schools and libraries is important for economic competitivity and educational quality. At present in Kansas and the US, availability of Internet access is widespread, but of limited effectiveness. ... -
Fourth Assessment of the Science, Engineering, and Math Infrastructure at Three Universities in Kansas
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1995-12)As part of its NSF EPSCoR project, Kansas made a serious commitment to provide an annual assessment of the status of science, engineering and math (SEM) research and infrastructure at the state's three Ph.D. granting ... -
Kansas Business Costs and Taxes: A Comparison with Other States, 1994 Update
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1995-06)Over the last several years, Kansas, Inc. has funded several studies of business taxes and costs in Kansas. The previous studies have focused most of their attention on a single cost, business taxation. These studies have ... -
Response of Kansas' Small Businesses to Environmental Regulation: Implications for Training
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1993-09)Current U.S. environmental law is based upon the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C.A. Sec 4321-4370). NEPA and subsequent environmental policies and regulations significantly affect the economy and ... -
U.S. and Kansas Economic Forecasts for 1993: Midyear Update
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1993-07)The national economy will continue to recover in 1993 and 1994, but at a rate that is disappointing by historical standards for recoveries. The burst of growth at well above the long-run average that we are accustomed to ... -
Second Assessment of the Science, Engineering, and Math Infrastructure at Three Universities in Kansas: Response to Barriers to Research
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1993-06)In September, 1992, the state of Kansas became the 17th state to be included in NSF's EPSCoR program (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research). NSF awarded 4.44 million USD over three years to strengthen ... -
U.S. and Kansas Economic Forecasts for 1993
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1993-01)The U.S. economy should continue its moderate recovery in 1993, with Gross domestic Product growing about 2.0 percent, about the same as in 1992. Although the growth in real consumption expenditures and real exports will ... -
Business Taxes in Kansas and Nearby States, 1992 Update
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1992-08)Part 1: The states in the region surrounding Kansas exhibit a variety of tax structures. The states differ considerably in per capita intensity of taxation, and in the breakdown of tax collections between state governments ... -
U.S. and Kansas Economic Forecasts for 1992: Midyear Update
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1992-07)The U.S. economy is in the midst of a somewhat sluggish recovery from the recent recession. When viewed simply as two quarters of negative growth at the end of 1990 and the beginning of 1991, the recession appears to have ... -
The 1992 Outlook for Kansas and the Nation
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1991-12)A recessionary phase of the U.S. economy began sometime during the third quarter of 1990, and appears to have ended late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter of 1991. The recession was characterized by weak ... -
The Effective Labor Force in Kansas: Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1996-01)This report and the study it is based on is in response to a request by the Kansas legislature to estimate the extent of underemployment in Kansas. We defined the underemployed as: l) discouraged workers, 2) part-time ... -
Impacts of Highway Bypasses on Kansas Towns
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1996-10)This report was prepared by the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research for the Kansas Department of Transportation. It provides literature reviews, empirical findings, and policy analysis related to some of the ... -
KTEC Outcomes, 1989-1995
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1998-09)This report provides an evaluation of the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC), both as a whole and with respect to its major component agencies. KTEC and its component agencies are economic development programs ... -
Strategic Planning for Economic Development in Kansas from a Local Perspective
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1995-09)With the encouragement of state legislative initiatives, such as the Community Strategic Planning Assistance Act in 1990, Kansas communities began to assume greater responsibility for economic development. Currently, 100 ... -
Kansas Family initiative Pilot Project: Multi-Year Evaluation Plan
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1994-11)The purpose of this report is to outline an evaluation plan designed to measure implementation and results of the Kansas Parent Network and Training Program. This plan includes and is based on a literature review of ... -
Assessing the Differences In the Treatment of Minority Confinement in Kansas
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1995-09)Minority race youths and other youths admit in self reports to similar overall rates of legal offenses, but there is little doubt that minority youths are more likely to be confined. Similarly, females are more likely than ... -
Assessing The Differences In the Treatment Of Minority Confinement In Kansas.
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1995-03-15)For the last hundred years in the United States, minority races have been disproportionately held in jail (Cahalan 1986: 91), and during this time a similar disproportion has developed in our training schools for youths ... -
Kansas Workforce Employment and Training Programs: Do they Function as a System?
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1994 Survey of Registered Voters in School District USD 497
(Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1994-05)he Telephone Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Kansas conducted a household survey of registered voters living within the USO 497 school district. Interviewers called afternoons and evenings between March 28, ...
